Burial-vault



Hvl M. WELLS.

BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE Io, I9I9.

1, 35 1 3 l 3, Patented Aug. 31, 1926.,

HARRY 1yr. iv-nine', or OMAHAQNEBBASKA.

BURIAL-VAULT. Y -l To all whom it may concern.'

residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas. and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful improvements in BurialiTa-ults, of which the following 1s a specification.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a burial vault adapted for the reception of a casket vin which the vault is of substantially the same form as a casket adapted to receive the same and embodying a removable cover section that is sealed thereon.

A furtherv object of the invention is to provide a burial vault of box-like construction having a cover wall removable therefrom with cooperating inclined flanges carried by the body portion of the vault and the cover adapted properly to center the cover upon the structure with a snug fit and subsequently rendering the same air-tight by a filling of plastic material about the joint.

With these 'general objects- 1n v1ew, the

' invention consists Vin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawing, and in which like characters of'reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a cross sectional view of a' burial vault constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 1s a Jfragmentary cross sectional view on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the joint between the body and cover and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective v1ew of a portion of the upper edge of the bodyV portion.

T he object of the present invention being to provide an air-tight coverV for a burial vault, the present inventionv resides moreV in the specic construction of particularly j the oint between the. vault body and cover, in which the oblong construction, being formed of such material as concrete or the like and having a wire reinforcing element 6 embedded therein for purposes of reinforcing and strengthening the walls and bottom thereof. The upper edges of the side and end walls of the body 5 are plain upon the inner faces while the outer faces thereof are of increased Specification of Letters Patent.r

body portion 5 is of the usualV Patented Aug. 31, 192cv.. 191e. seralNo. 303,088. zy

Y ycross sectional to provide supporting vshoulders 7 for a cover 8. The detailed constructiony of the shoulder is` shown more clearly in big. 8 1n which there is provided a channeled seat 9 formed by cutting away vAfiiritrr oFFiorLf j the outer portion of the shoulder 7 and pro-' Y viding an outwardly positioned flange l10' and an innerflange il forming a continuation of-'thewalls'of the body, while the outer face of the flange l1 is inclined asat 12,' a"s shown more clearly in Fig. 2 for purposes presently to appear. f f

The cover 8 is of arched formationvr and includes a depending peripheral flange 18 that is adapted to be lreceived on and supported by the channeled seat 9 while the inner face of the flange 13 is inclined as at 14 and with the cover in position on the body 5, the opposed inclined walls l2 andl l-.l substantially frictionally engage soas to provide an'air-tig'ht closure for the vault.

ln positioning the cover 8 upon the vbody 5, the inclined walls causeV the cover to center properly on the body portion 5 .so that the lower edges K of the flanges 13 engage throughout their length the channeled seat 9. W hen so arranged, al plastic filling 15 is placed upon the seat 9 outwardly ofjthe flange '13 and inwardly of the flange 10 to fill the spaceV created therebetween and effectively tosealthe cover upon the body to the exclusion of air .entering the body.

With this construction, va. burial vault is provided in which the cover is self-centered by the formationof the opposing contact- Y tion, a shoulder :formedy upon the upper edge thereof, theupper face of the shoulder being cut awayy to provide a flat seat withupstandinginner and outer flanges, the outer ange being shorter than the inner liange,'the outer face of the inner flange being fiat throughout its length and inclined outwardly and' downwardly, and a cover having a depending flange resting flatlyv on Vsaid seat and supported thereby, the inner face of the cover flange being flat throughout its length and inclined coincident to and contacting with'thev outer face of the inner shoulder lflange body contacting the same over its entire surface, the outer face of the cover ztnge being Vertical and spaced from and parallel With thev innerY face of the outer shoulder ange o1 the body, and a plastic filling material for sealing the cover 'flange on the Vshoulder positioned on the seat between the inner face of the outer shoulder flange and the outer face of the cover ange. 2. A burial vault comprising a body portion, a shoulder formed upon the upper edge thereof, the upper face of the shoulder being out avztyto form a channel seat, il coyer v having a 'dependingiiange {iatly resting `on the bottom Wall of the channel seat, and a vplastic lling for sealing the cover on theV 

